DENVER UNION STATION

Country : United States​

Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ​
Year: 2014
 Introduction
Multimodal Concept of Denver

The multimodal concept brings together many different means of transportation in one place with logical, safe, and convenient transfers. ​

By combining all the region’s transportation modes at one hub, Denver Union Station will enhance the value of local, regional, state, and federal
investments in highways, HOV lanes, light rail, commuter rail, local and regional buses, parking, bike paths, and pedestrian networks

Light rail station

Vent stack

Chestnut pavilion

17th street skylight

Wewatta pavilion

Commuter rail terminal

DUS canopy

Historic denver union station

Wynkoop plaza
Structural details
Material and building technique

1. Material
1. Material : 3.Building Technique :
Steel-and- PTFE fabric canopy • The primary structural system consists of 11 steel 'arch trusses' spanning
nearly 55 Meters from a single large-diameter pin connection atop 5.5
Meter tall arched column supports.​
2.Structural specification :
• Each truss is supported about 6 Meter above the ground by a series of
Length 159 Meters steel 'kick stands,' which support vertical loads and horizontal thrust. ​
Breadth 55 Meters
• Each 'kick stand' is rigidly connected to the foundation with heavy
Area 8,745 sq.m
anchor bolts. ​
Height 21 Meter at the head-end platform and 6.7Meter
at the center • The arch-trusses and cantilevered trusses support a tensioned PTFE
fabric.
Weight 720 tons
Joinery details
1. Long span truss members - To PTFE fabric membrane connection detail

Knife edge
detail

PTFE fabric
membrane
Gutter and
snow guard
detail

Primary long
span truss
members

Secondary
long span
truss members
Joinery details
2. Arch - Column - To column connection detail
Joinery details
3. Steel Arch truss - To Hollow structural section column detail
3.1. Steel Arch truss - To column detail, Arch column -
To column detail

4.Joinery of two sequential column

5. Steel Arch truss - To Arch truss detail

 Roof details
Form and function

Fabric type:
type PTFE coated fiberglass, single layer ETFE ( Pre Wind speed capacity of Roof:
Roof 90 miles /hr.
fabricated and malleable sheet)
Support type:
type Direct support (Not supported by raised mast)
Fabric Area: 7,432 sq.m.
Load capacity of Roof : Snow load of 30 pounds / square foot

Ridge line support

Valley line support

• The structural system resist large uplifting wind forces because of void in tensile mass fabric ,and foundation is design to take care of possible
uplifting

• Opening the canopy towards sky also provides view of the denver historic station

• Fiber membranes with a high degree of strength, together with layers of waterproof coatings, giving protection against ultraviolet rays, fungus,
fire, and allowing greater or less translucency and reflectivity.
Foundation Design
Concept

The foundation is designed to hold maximum gravity load and uplift load due to wind pressure

The Structure is built on top of subway, hence the raft foundation with R.C.C coulmn is Raising up from ground level till the bottom of main
structure ,later pedestial on top of R.C.C column to hold hollow sectional steel column which transfer the load of Main structure to ground via
R.C.C Column
 Foundation Design
Process and Execution

1. Excavation and Laying of Raft bed with column grid marked 2. Concreting of raft foundation and project rein
nforcement of columns 3. Concreting of column with pedestal on top ,later Hollow section is bolted on top of pedestal
with help of baseplate

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